Memorable days - Asian Beauty, Fashion and Lifestyle Blog

In Holland the number of all-you-can-eat Japanese sushi/teppanyaki restaurants are increasing with large amounts! And this time I went to Utrecht to have dinner with a friend at SushiToday.

You know how it works here? You will get a menu and each sushi/dish has their own number. Each round you can choose 4 things per person. And what makes it different here compared to other restaurants... Everything is included for just 20 euros! So you can eat as much sushi you want, drink as much as you want AND there is a dessert buffet. All included for just 20 euros o_o How AWESOME is that?!


Usually we just eat 3 rounds or something.. but this time we just had all rounds xD hahah


Do I have to say it again? Dessert buffet o_o !!!!!

My opinion:
The restaurant is so large and the atmosphere is nice :) It took a while until we got the food, but the sushi's and the hot dishes were ok. I actually had better ones, but its totally worth the price. Its just so inexpensive! And the dessert was nice ^^ haha...

Address:
Herculesplein 373a
3584 AA Utrecht
Tel. 030-2511618
http://www.sushitoday.nl

P.S. Sorry for being so excited and stuff hahaha, I don´t work there and I don´t get paid because of this post.

Last week I bought two skirts and I have been searching these for a while!! I finally found it ^^! I couldn't choose so I bought two colors, blue and black. I actually prefer the black one :) Which one do you like?

Guess what kind of restaurant I went today~! *nom*nom*nom*..

I've been watching the Taiwanese drama, Summer's Desire (泡沫之夏) for a while. Episode 9 was out last sunday^^. I have to admit when I was watching the first episode, I didn't want to watch the second anymore, because the first episode was so BORING! But a lot of friends were recommending this drama, so I gave it a chance and watched the second episode, and since then I couldn't stop watching anymore XD The guy who is playing Luo Xi (洛熙) is so HOT! hahaha, and I really like the theme song of this drama^^! So that's why I wanted to share this song to you. Its sung by Peter Ho.

Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1VTIC5UI

Theme song MV

x Ribbon top from H&M

Tokyo is the country with the fast moving fashion trends. And this summer's fashion in Tokyo will be straw handbags ("kagobag"). I don't think that I would buy these bags, some of them do look cute^^ but its not really suitable for me. What do you think, would you buy this?

These two handbags looks pretty on them^^




The bag on the left looks like a picnic basket xD lol, the right one is cute =)

Pictures from tokyofashion.com

All those giveaways lately and all those awesome prizes ^^ I just love it!
1. First of all, you can still join my give away, by clicking on the picture on the sidebar, or you can simply go to this link: http://memorabledays-x3.blogspot.com/2010/06/50-followers-give-away.html

2. I've joined another give away lately and this time from Milk & Cookiie. Go to their blog by clicking on their names, you can win many prizes =).

3. And of couse the shoponblog.com give away which I joined yesterday!

Check it out ^^ I'm glad to share these giveaways with you guys ♥

Tsubasa Masuwaka also has a candy doll line and there are 6 new lip glosses released. Be happy that you're reading this now cuz Shoponblog has a giveaway!

Giveaway of Shoponblog.com
Have you heard of this website? They are selling a lot of cute cosmetic products and they even have a wonderful giveaway at the moment. You can win 2 of the candydoll's new lip glosses of your choice. And be happy that you're reading this today cuz, this giveaway will end at the 27th of July, so be quick everybody^^! Be sure to check this website out, because they are also selling Dolly Wink and Melliesh products *screams*! *screams again* And they are shipping WORLDWIDE!

Go to their website: Shoponblog.com and their facebook fan page.

Milk tea beige:


Strawberry milk:


Gelatto glitter:

Macaron pink:


Milk orange:


Peach orange:

Source: http://www.candydoll.jp

Dolly Wink collection:
- http://memorabledays-x3.blogspot.com/2010/06/tsubasa-masuwaka-nail-polish-collection.html
- http://memorabledays-x3.blogspot.com/2010/06/tsubasa-masuwaka-dolly-wink-1.html

I bought these strips while I was in Shanghai. You can buy them at Wallmart and at Watsons. These strips will instantly remove pore-clogging dirt, oil and blackheads.

How to use them?
Step 1. First you have to clean your nose.

Step 2. Make your nose all wet (The strip won't stick on a dry nose.)

Step 3. Remove the plastic layer and apply the strip on your nose.

Step 4. Apply to the nose area, press it down to ensure a good contact with the skin.

Step 5. Wait for 10-15 minutes

Step 6. After 10-15 minutes the strip should feel very stiff, like papier-mâché. Slowly and carefully peel the strip off starting at the edges, pulling toward center. Look at the strip to see how many blackheads you removed. (It will be a bit painful when you remove the strip, because the strip is pulling the blackheads out.)

These strips are extremely good, it really looks grose when you see all your blackheads. It does get rid of most of the visible blackheads but certainly not all of them.

My rate: ♥♥♥♥♥ 4.8 out of 5

Notice: Don't use this product too often. Using it once or twice a week is enough.
Would you give this product a try?

I can still remember that everybody was looking for this green nail polish of Catrice, because it looks like the nail polish of Chanel. But I do like this color, its a pretty pastel green, very suitable for the summer. It really is a must buy item for the summer!

Just like all other Catrice nail polishes, the brush is thick and large (which I don't like). The nail polish is also quite thick, but you still need to put two layers to make it pretty :)

Check out the other polishes of Catrice:
- Catrice; Just married
- Catrice; From dusk to dawn

When I started with this blog it was about my adventures in Asia..... and now it turned into a random/beauty blog lol. Anyways, thank you so much for reading my blog and leaving such nice comments. And I'm so happy that I have reached (more than) 50 followers already!!! To celebrate this, I've organized a give away! It's my first give away by the way^^. This give away is for people in The Netherlands but It's also internationally so everybody may enter!


These are the prizes:

Rules: Mandatory (1 entry)
1. You must be a follower of my blog through Google Friend Connect to enter OR through bloglovin: http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/1391741/-elisa-back-to-reality--v;
2. Please leave your name and email address in your comment so I can contact you if you are the winner

You must do the above things, otherwise you will be disqualified!

To get extra entries:
1. (+2 entries) Write about this giveaway on your own blog, linking back to this post OR put the small banner on your side bar till this give away ends, linking back to this post. Use this banner: CLICK. The link to this post is: http://memorabledays-x3.blogspot.com/2010/06/50-followers-give-away.html
2. (+1 entry) Be a follower on my twitter; http://twitter.com/ElisaLee_
3. (+1 entry) Tweet about my give away on twitter. (If you're retweeting put @ElisaLee_ into your tweet as well.

In total you can get: 5 entries
Use this format in your comment:
Name:
Email:
Link to blogpost:
Twitter username:
Number of entries:


The winner will be picked through random.org. If you have any questions feel free to email me: lil.shy.el@gmail.com or you can write your question in the shoutbox.

Like what the? Se7en is back after 4-year hiatus?! I really liked all of his old albums^^. Even T.o.p. of BigBang participated in this album by featuring for one of Se7en's tracks: Digital Bounce.

However, I don´t really like this album, 5 out of 7 are dance songs, which I don´t like. The only 2 songs which I do like is I´m going crazy and money can´t buy me love.








Tracklist
1. Intro: Reset
2. Digital Bounce (ft. T.O.P)
3. Better together
4. I'm going crazy
5. Money can't buy me love
6. Drips
7. Roller Coaster

Download
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=52D3BF1M

A MV is already released: Better together

I do like the chorus of this song though :) and he's still hot ♥ haha!

Question of my last poll: What do you like to read on memorabledays-x3?
Results on my last poll : http://www.addpoll.com/results?52204

15 people of the 41 voted on make up reviews :) ! Thanks for voting everybody, and I will try to post more make up reviews on my blog ^^!

I added a new poll :)


Vote please (see sidebar)^^!
Do you have your own blogshop or have you ever bought anything on a blogshop? Feel free to share your experience ~

Yes, I finally booked a flight to London. I'm only going for 2-3 days by the end of August. But I'm sure of it that its going to be a BLAST, cuz I'm going with a group of 6 people =D! And we've booked an apartment to sleep. I'm so excited and especially because I've never been to London before >.<" YES SHAME ON ME! It's only 1.5 hour or so by airplane and I haven't even been there before.

I'm sure that I will enjoy my stay there!

o Blouse, Mango

Give away
w00t w00t^^! Remember my post about the Eclipse collection of Essence... Well my sis bought a few products and she's having a give away! You can win a nail polish of the Eclipse collection. So for all the Eclipse-fans go check it out. Its for Europeans only; go to her site: CLICK

What a stupid post

Mutant M&M ~w00t

I never knew it's Malaysian, its called Mua Chee. In Chinese we call it Loh mai chi (糯米籽). My mom made it today ^^ it actually looks like a snowball with peanut filling. I really like it ~nom~nom~ This chewy sweet snack shaped as a snow ball can be compared with Tangyuan (湯圓). The dough is mainly maid with glutinous rice flour and the filling can vary. My favorite filling is the peanut sugar mix, but people will also make it with sweet red bean filling.



Peanuts mixed with sugar

I went to DM, a famous drugstore in Germany. And I bought a few stuff, some masks (totally cheap!) only 0.45 eurocents for 2 masks. Some Gliss Kur products, i really like the products of Gliss Kur, its good + it smells good! And these were very inexpensive there too! And I bought a sun protection spray of Garnier. My friends and I went crazy cuz those things were so inexpensive there, you have to pay double in Holland for the same products o_o"!

MNY (Maybelline New York)

And I saw a new make up line of Maybelline, MNY (Maybelline New York), the products were all looking small & cute, and many products were quite inexpensive (less than 4 euros) but I couldn't really find a product which I liked so I didn't buy anything. It's only available in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

Eclipse make up line of Essence

I saw some products of the brand P2 (which I never heard of) and I even saw the Eclipse make up line of Essence. It includes, nail polishes, eye shadows, lip gloss and glitter eye pencils.

Finally, the watermelon nail art !


To do the watermelon nail art you will need:
- a green nail polish
- a pink or a red nail polish
- a white or a black nail polish
- one toothpick
- a piece of paper

First of all, apply a base coat on all your nails and let it dry.

Step 1: Apply a pink or a red nail polish, I prefer pink. BUT don't polish your whole nail, leave the top space open and let it dry.


Step 2: Apply a green nail polish at the top of your nails and let it dry.
Step 3: Put a bit nail polish on your piece of paper and dip your toothpick in it. And then you can put some small dots on your nails (just like the pits in watermelons) Repeat this routine on every nail. You can use white or black nail polish.


Step 4: Let it dry and apply a top coat on it. And you're done :)

I've used the C&B pink nail polish, Cui Nong professional green nail polish and the white nail polish of Dear' Lee.

I hope this tutorial was helpful ^-^, if you have any questions, feel free to ask! xoxo.

I went to Aachen for one day with two friends of mine. It was like 8.30 am which is very early and we were heading to Germany with the train. It took us around 3 hours to go there.



We did some "sightseeing"...


Like this picture ^_^!


Who wants ice cream!?


Bradwurst is the most popular food in Germany! And its HUGE! You must have tried it once in your life o_o!

I really had a lot of fun, Germany is so different compared to Holland. People are more rude in Germany and I really don't like the language there >.<" While I was there I bought a lot of hair products, because its less expensive there and I also bought a shirt at H&M. I really would like to go to more places in Germany =D

Sorry you guys, normally I will at least post something once a day.... But I was very busy with my thesis the past weeks, so I didn't really had the time to blog >.<" Anyways, Tomorrow I will go to Aachen, Germany for one day with two friends of mine ^__^ Yes only one day °-°´ I've never been to Aachen before, so I hope its going to be fun ! Oh yeah, before I leave to Germany I would like to post one random thing~ Can you guess whats inside the strawberry ^__^???

Sorry of the bad quality picture, its almost 12 am here so that´s why its a bit dark hehe... xD

Anyways, enjoy your holiday everybody :) ! I will be back on Friday !!!

First of all, I-LOVE-SHEET-MASKS!

This time I tried the green tea sheet mask of Watsons~


Of course you have to read the instructions before you use it, especially if you're using it for the first time :) Your face has to be clean before applying the sheet mask. So make sure you wash your face first. The sheet mask looks like that (see picture on the right) when you open it.

Just simply unfold the sheet mask and put it on your face for about 20 minutes. I know it looks a bit scary when you have the sheet mask on hahaha I would love to scare you at night ='D gnagnagna!! During the 20 minutes, just relax, close your eyes and listen to some music :) The sheet mask feels so refreshing and it moisturizes my face! When I opened it, it didn't smell like green tea, it smelt more like a Chinese medicine. You will probably think EEWW THAT STINKS~ But its not! You won't even smell the scent when you have the sheet mask on =) It's a pity that it doesn't smell like green thee.

After the 20 minutes, remove the sheet mask, you don't need to clean your face again. Just let it dry and you can apply your night or day cream :)

I definitely will purchase this product again when I'm in Asia! These sheet masks are around 1 euros each! So, its not expensive at all!

My rate: ♥♥♥♥♥ 4.5/5

You've probably seen some reviews on my sis' blog, cuz I also bought a bunch of sheet masks for her. I bought these while I was in Shanghai, cuz they can't be bought here in the Netherlands. And they are super cheap in China so I bought a bunch of it xD l0l. I still need to review them all, so stay tuned. I bought all of the sheet masks at Watsons, a very famous drugstore all over Asia.

What I bought?
Bird's nest sheet masks
Collagen sheet masks
Sheet + eye masks of Watsons
Sheet masks of the brand Eight Relovery

There are two sheet masks of Eight Relovery in my give away ^^!!
I have tried a lot of them already and they are so refreshing and relaxing =D just love it! Too bad its not sold here ='( I've heard of the brand My Beauty Diary before but never tried it =) I have read some good reviews about those!

Question to you: Have you used any sheet masks before? Were they good or bad?

Pictures taken by a friend of mine

Wow, there are a lot of reviews online about this place. This place is called: De taart van m'n tante, translation: My aunt's cake. Such a stupid name actually xD Anyways, I stood up early today and really wanted to have a piece of cake (yeah, i'm weird i know), so I called my best buddy xD. And suddenly we found this place. It looks very cozy inside and its very colorful as you can see on the picture above. They sell many home made cakes, (a lot of chocolate cakes btw.), yumm.. you just want to try them all, by just looking at it =P~~ Its the place to be for sugar-addicts^-^~ However, the cakes were quite pricey; the cheapest piece was around 4.30 euros or something. And the cakes were good^_^ but actually I had better ones, so its not really worth the money.

Address:
Ferdinand Bolstraat 10
1072 LJ Amsterdam
020 7764600

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The best bubble tea in Holland ♥ yumm, who doesn't like it?

Address:
A-Fusion
Zeedijk 130 (China town)
1012 BC Amsterdam

Take away is possible~ bubble tea is 3.50 euros per glass.